Barry Hadfield Nikau Reserve – te reo
Ko Barry Hadfield (1925–2012), he manukura he kaitōrangapū, taha ōhanga, taha tikanga ā-iwi hoki i Kāpiti, nāna tonu i takoha te whenua i rāhuitia ko Nikau Reserve.
He mokopuna ia nā te mihingare tuatahi o Kāpiti, nā Octavius Hadfield. I tupu ake a Barry Hadfield i te pāmu o tōna whānau i Ōtaihanga. I mōhiotia ko Lindale, i toro atu te pāmu nei ki ngā taha e rua o te huarahi matua. I 1948 i moe ia i a Nina Howell, ā, he mea whakatupu e rāua tahi ā rāua tamariki tokowhā ki taua pāmu.
He mema ia nō te Komiti o te kura o Paraparaumu, te Pōari o te Kāreti o Kāpiti me te Kōmiti o te tāone o Paraparaumu. Nā konei i pōtingia ai ia ki te Hutt County Council i 1965.
Nāna, nā Hadfield i kōkiri kia tū mana motuhake a Kāpiti hei tāone, ā, i pōtingia ai ia hei koromatua tuatahi i te tau 1974. E rua ngā wā o te koromatuatanga i tū ai ia. I raro anō hoki i tōna mana arataki i whanake mai ko te tukunga wai me te pūrere parakaingaki o te tāone, ā, nāna hoki i karapinepine mai ngā pakihi hou ki Kāpiti. Mai i 1978 ki 1984, i tū ia hei mema nō te Kōmihana Kāwanatanga ā-rohe.
Ko Barry Hadfield te kaiwhakahaere tuarua o te Poari Kaitiaki ā-rohe o Kāpiti i tū nei i a rātou te Marire Home me te Sevenoaks Retirement Village. I ngā tau mutunga o ngā tau 1980 i whakawhanaketia e ia te Lindale Centre. He mema ā-mate noa ia nō te Karapu Kirikiti o Paraparaumu, a he Rotarian hoki.
I 2011, i tomokia e ia te Hōro Rongonui o Kapiti-Horowhenua Business, ā, i te tau i muri mai, i whakawhiwhia ia ki tētehi tohu mō te Koromatuatanga o Kāpiti. I te tau 2015 i whakahoungia te ingoa o te reserve ko ‘Barry Hadfield Nikau Reserve’.
